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colo_lee

@colo_lee@zirk.us

Wanting to talk about a full range of interests: Tai Chi, Food esp'ly vegetarian and plant based, Climate Change, Music, Politics from a pragmatic progressive perspective, Outdoors in Colorado and elsewhere.
No CWs for those topics.

Low threshold for BS and trolling. Often follow back.

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GottaLaff, (edited ) to random
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via Pagliery!

Breaking news, first
@thedailybeast

Donald Trump has been hit with a massive one-two punch in his bank fraud case.

He owes $372 million for lying—and he can't borrow money from any New York bank, frustrating his ability to appeal the judgment.

colo_lee,
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@GottaLaff I like the part about trump's own testimony undermining him ...
"Donald Trump rarely responded to the questions asked, and he frequently interjected long, irrelevant speeches on issues far beyond the scope of the trial. His refusal to answer the questions directly, or in some cases, at all, severely compromised his credibility."

I also like that the "boys" are also barred from running companies in New York.

Gonna be hard to keep that racket going!

GottaLaff, (edited ) to legal
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Forgot the !

🤭👉🏼 “ offered NY appeals court a bond of only $100 mil to pause the more than $450 million penalty he faces in his civil fraud case, a clear sign that the former president lacks the $ to cover the full amount.

..also asked to pause enforcement of finan penalty & wide range of other punishments the judge levied.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/28/nyregion/trump-bond-civil-fraud.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Y00.UqI6.B_XfSft7EHNo&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

colo_lee,
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@GottaLaff will be interesting to see how this plays out.

And I liked this from the story:
"Unless the appeals court accepts the $100 million bond or grants Mr. Trump additional time, the attorney general can collect at any moment. Under New York law, Ms. James, can seize Mr. Trump’s bank accounts and potentially take control of his New York properties."

GottaLaff, to Colorado
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👉🏼👉🏼#BREAKING #SupremeCourt agrees to weigh whether #Trump can be kicked off ballot in #Colorado. The case is set for oral argument on Thursday, February 8, 2024.
#legal
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-agrees-weigh-whether-trump-can-kicked-ballot-colorado-rcna132058

colo_lee,
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@GottaLaff The timing is such that trump will be on the CO primary ballot. They're getting printed next week to send out to overseas and military voters. So, with a hearing in early Feb, they'll get printed with trump's name on them.

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if you can't be in a coalition with people you disagree with on at least a few things, you can't build a coalition big enough to accomplish anything in the United States or defeat rising fascism.

It’s just not going to work.

colo_lee,
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@GreenFire @TonyStark which is apparently their goal. Better if they can get trump elected and end our experiment in democracy. 2nd best if they can push the Dems to take the place of the repubs in previous years.

Obviously, not intending to advance progressive priorities at all. Just the opposite. Even as many are clearly functioning as useful idiots.

RickiTarr, to random
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It still blows my mind that Richard Dawkins, an EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST, is a Transphobe. Imagine how much of your life's work you have to ignore to justify that!

colo_lee,
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@RickiTarr Dawkins is just sad.
Extended Phenotype blew my mind.
And now it turns out he's just another bigoted asshole.
Probably not rich enough to be in Epstein's list but otherwise fits the profile to a T

colo_lee, to Colorado
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Bunny in the garden earnestly assuring me that it's invisible...

colo_lee, to climate
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No surprise: the wildfire smoke is really bad.

(And a slight eye roll at the eternal self-centeredness of the journalist pack suddenly being shocked at something that's been happening for years in the west now that it got smokey once in the northeast)

No paywall article.

https://wapo.st/3PLJunl

GottaLaff, to Colorado
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💪🏼Via Kyle Griffin:

Coloradans for Protecting Reproductive Freedom, a coalition of reproductive rights groups in , has officially kicked off an effort to place an amendment on the November ballot that would enshrine rights in the state constitution.

colo_lee,
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@GottaLaff Our state legislature passed laws last session ensuring abortion rights, but it's not in the constitution yet.
So, this is an important measure as well as being a GOTV effort.
It matters to put these rights in the state constitution.

colo_lee, to climate
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Something about a country that generates all its electricity from renewables.

79% hydro, 12% wind, 8% geothermal, 1% solar. (Solar is mostly individual use panels, almost no utility scale.)

Photos from a backroad we took heading up towards Nicaragua.

https://www.trade.gov/energy-resource-guide-renewable-energy-costa-rica

a bank of wind turbines on a ridge together with a tree, all blowing in the wind.

colo_lee, to Colorado
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Spectacular sunrise this morning

colo_lee, to random
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colo_lee, to politics
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Adventures of Binkie ...

poor Mr Buck discovers what it's like to be on the other end of the firehose of hate he has encouraged throughout his career.
Poor Binkie ...

https://coloradosun.com/2023/10/20/ken-buck-evicted-congressional-office-colorado/

colo_lee, to tesla
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Apart from the fuck Musk and his piece of shit enterprises, I thought this was pretty interesting re Sweden.

"We don't have any min wages or laws for when you can or can't work in Sweden. We have frameworks. Apart from that, it is collective bargaining agreements that regulate the labour market," said Torbjorn Johansson, of the union umbrella org.

Around 90% of all employees in Sweden are covered by collective bargaining agreements, .

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/swedish-union-blocks-tesla-components-dispute-intensifies-2023-11-24/

colo_lee, to politics
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Keep an eye on the big picture. A vote for Trump is a vote for the climate apocalypse.

gift link: https://wapo.st/3UBf4Fy

Biden called global warming an “existential threat,” and over the last 3 years, his administration finalized 100 new env regs to cut air pollution and greenhouse gasses, restrict toxic chemicals, and conserve public land.

Trump has called climate change a “hoax,” and his admin weakened or wiped out more than 125 env rules in 4 years.

colo_lee, to random
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"Much as we’d like to pretend otherwise, Gary isn’t an anomaly—it’s one of the more striking examples of a phenomenon observed across the Rust Belt and beyond. It isn’t a city that is abandoned, it’s a city that was abandoned. Cities aren’t just buildings or the companies they were created to support, they’re the people that breathe life into them with their passions and pleasures, their art and music, their dreams."

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/abandoned-america-gary-indiana

h/t @AbandonedAmerica

colo_lee, to random
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A little offering from

colo_lee, to Colorado
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Christian compassion at work ...
Suing for the ability to discriminate while looking for those sweet government dollars.

https://www.denverpost.com/2023/08/16/colorado-catholic-schools-lawsuit-lgbtq-preschool/

colo_lee, to climate
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pretty clear we should add lobster fishing to cattle ranching and coal mining as a dead industry ...

gift link: https://wapo.st/49xA1qI

colo_lee, to random
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hiked up to an arch yesterday

looking down through the arch. We can see layers of colored stone thru the red arch
the arch with massive cliffs and layers of sandstone behind it.

TonyStark, to random
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Not the biggest fan of HRW these days but even they know Houthis are attacking civilian ships along with commercial vessels.

Biden can only do so much. But all of our NATO allies transport goods through the lanes. Using our military to stop them is not "expanding the conflict." It is stopping terrorists from killing innocent sailors and civilians and from disrupting the world economy.

Yemen: Houthis Attack Civilian Ships | Human Rights Watch:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/13/yemen-houthis-attack-civilian-ships

colo_lee,
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@TonyStark @GreenFire @72mz @ArenaCops I really want to see RCV start small and then grow. I think there will be less resistance nationally after people see it working locally.
Here in Boulder County, the city of Boulder used it in the last municipal elections. And that was a good thing. Now we need to apply it county and state wide.

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colo_lee, to Colorado
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Caprese salad.

This is why we do all the work to grow a garden.

colo_lee, to Colorado
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A few garden flowers that just opened
Columbine we planted last year (and in fancy colors, @dillyd ) and a Rocky Mtn Penstemon, also planted last year.

#Colorado #bloomScrolling #gardens

A just opened five petaled blue flower

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ai6yr, to random
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Seeking eggplant recipe ideas, as I have one limp eggplant in the fridge and 8 eggplants growing in hydroponics (which may produce a massive amount of eggplant).

So far my repertoire includes 2 dishes:

  1. Eggplant Parmesan (Italian)
  2. Eggplant in Garlic Sauce (Chinese)

(the family hates eggplant, except me, so we never eat it 🤔 )

colo_lee,
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@ai6yr eggplant is one of our gotos. Lots of good suggestions above in other comments.
Yuxiang eggplant is one of our Chinese favs -- more kick than just garlic sauce.
Of course, all the Italian style eggplant bakes: lasagna, parm, slice, grill, put on pizza.
All the middle-eastern preps. Bana ganoush is a winner.
This is a clever eggplant dish that happens to be plant-based (I use dried beans that we grow instead of lentils. Cause then it's even more home grown)
https://www.seriouseats.com/roasted-eggplant-tahini-pine-nut-lentil-vegan-experience-recipe

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